pigmentary

[ pig-muhn-ter-ee ]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigmentary¹

1425–75; late Middle English: a dyer < Latin pigmentārius. See pigment, -ary

Example Sentences

Mild cases can be addressed with over-the-counter cleansing or treatment products that contain benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid or retinoids — but “nothing works overnight,” said Elbuluk, who is also the director of the USC Skin of Color and Pigmentary Disorders Program.

From Washington Post

His team re-simulated the Turing mechanism, this time accounting for how the valleys between lizard scales might impede the flow of signals between pigmentary cells of different colors.

From New York Times

Broadly speaking, orange wine is a white wine that has undergone extended skin contact, for a modest pigmentary and textural enhancement.

From Los Angeles Times

Beneath a layer of pigmentary skin cells, they found another layer of skin cells containing nanoscale crystals arranged in a triangular lattice.

From National Geographic

Types of Glaucoma The two most common forms of glaucoma are primary open-angle and angle-closure. Other types include normal tension, congenital glaucoma and pigmentary glaucoma.

From US News